It would really help in changes, if the person with changes would open in a new page.

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Kristine Mackay said: When you click on a person that has had changes to them, now it opens on the same page, and you lose your place on the changes page.

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Tom Huber said: Click on the name of the person. A summary page opens. Right-click on Person and select Open in a New Tab

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Christine said: I use the 'open in New tab' alot!

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Kathryn Grant said: Or if you're a keyboard person, Ctrl-click the link (PC) or Command-click the link (Mac). The link will open in a new tab.

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Kristine Mackay said: I'm not very computer savy, how do I ctrl-click?

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Juli said: It depends on your system. To get a context menu in Windows, click the link with the right-hand mouse button (instead of the left-hand one that you normally use). On a Mac, I believe you hold down the "command" key on your keyboard while clicking.

Non-mouse pointing devices such as trackpads also have a right-click option somewhere, but I'm allergic to trackpads, so I don't know the details.

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Kathryn Grant said: Kristine, the method I mentioned above is slightly different than what Juli explained. It's mainly useful for people who prefer keyboard shortcuts. You hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard (or Command if you're on a Mac) *while* clicking the link with your mouse. Just do a regular click, not a right-click.

The new tab will open in the same browser window. You may have to click on the tab to see it.

Honestly, if you're not a keyboard person, the method Juli described is probably easier. One minor adjustment, though: I believe right-clicking links works the same way on the PC and the Mac. You don't need to hold down the Command key while clicking.

Hope that helps, and please ask more questions if anything isn't clear!

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Kristine Mackay said: Thank you

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Jeff Wiseman said: Kristine,

The capabilities to open in a new page that have been described above are wonderful and once you become familiar with it on your machine (PC and mac are slightly different), you'll wonder how you got along with out it :-)

Here's a couple of other bits of information that may be of benefit.

1. There is a similar function where you can open a link in a new tab instead of a new window. I don't use it much because I have a 27" monitor with high resolution and I like to have windows to move around. But there is such a function.

2. A "Contextual Menu" as was mentioned above is just a menu that you can bring up that changes and is specific to the "context" (i.e., the location) of the mouse cursor on your screen. That menu will be different in different browsers, but the "Open in new window/tab" entires are usually there for any links.

3. Be aware that after you become all enthralled with this great feature :-) that FS likes to DISABLE IT for some links! Really irritating, especially when you are trying to get around the ridiculous modal windows that FS uses across the website. So if you are trying to open a new window on a link somewhere on the FS website and it doesn't seem to be working, chances are good that FS has disabled it for that link. Why? I haven't got a clue...

4. Also, I don't know if you have a mac or not, but the reason the "command-click" has been provided since the beginning of the creation of the macs was because a mac's mouse only has one button. In recent years you can purchase third party mouses with the right click buttons that you can use. Also, the newest Apple mouses (I think they are called "smart" mouses) have the ability to be configured to have a right and left click--but that is not the default). So if you find that you like to get easy access to contextual menus on a mac and you want to do it from an Apple mouse, it is usually possible to configure them to meet your needs.

(and by the way, the plural of a computer "mouse" really is "mouses" and not "mice" :-)

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Kristine Mackay said: Thank you for your help